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Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney

How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables

Respond Global, CC BY-NC-ND

Picture dusk falling somewhere in the Solomon Islands. A fisher’s skiff glides home using a whisper-quiet electric outboard motor. In the Cook Islands, a big battery steadies the island grid. In Papua New Guinea’s highlands, solar kits bring electric light to homes for the first time.

These aren’t prototypes – they’re already up and running across the Pacific. Put together, these stories of quiet change point to something bigger.

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